Acting Master, 22 November, 1861. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, 25 September, 1862. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander, 3 March, 1865. Honorably discharged 12 November, 1865.
A captain in the merchant service in the Clyde line of steamers, sailing out of New York, he was a volunteer naval officer during the Civil War, rising from the grade of acting master to a lieutenant commander at the close
of the war. He did gallant service during the war and served under Farragut, was present in the attacks on Forts Jackson and Philip on the Mississippi river, and captured on of the flags of the latter fort.
Acting Master, 22 November, 1861. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, 25 September, 1862. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander, 3 March, 1865. Honorably discharged 12 November, 1865.
A captain in the merchant service in the Clyde line of steamers, sailing out of New York, he was a volunteer naval officer during the Civil War, rising from the grade of acting master to a lieutenant commander at the close
of the war. He did gallant service during the war and served under Farragut, was present in the attacks on Forts Jackson and Philip on the Mississippi river, and captured on of the flags of the latter fort.